Death in home leads to pot raid

TEMECULA -- A call reporting a death led police to the discovery
of an indoor marijuana garden and the arrest of the caller in
connection with illegal drugs, authorities said Monday.

Police responded to the report of an unattended death at 6:55
p.m. Sunday on the 30800 block of Loma Linda Drive, police said in
a release.

At the home, the police found a man who had died from causes
that could not be determined, the release states. The cause of
death is being investigated by the coroner's office, and the man's
name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

In the course of the investigation at the house, officers
learned that a room contained an elaborate system for growing and
maintaining marijuana plants, officials said. After getting a
search warrant, officers seized about 30 plants ranging from 6
inches to 2 feet tall, along with equipment for cultivating
marijuana and a small amount of methamphetamine, the release
states.

The police arrested David Shank, 27, and booked him into
Southwest Detention Center in French Valley on suspicion of
cultivating marijuana, possessing marijuana for sale, possessing a
controlled substance and possessing methamphetamine, a jail
spokeswoman said. She said Shank posted $5,000 bail to be released
from jail Monday night.